Name:Town Hall Meeting: Depression in the Workplace
Date:March 29, 2005
Time:4:30 PM - 6:30 PM CST
Event Description:
DEPRESSION IN THE WORKPLACE: What does it mean to our community?Did you know...Only half of patients with depression in primary care are diagnosed?Only half of those diagnosed receive proper treatment?15-20% of the population will have depression, but as few as 1% of health plan claims include a diagnosis of depression?Anti-depressants are typically at the top of most employer drug buys?Learn about the human and financial costs of depression in the workplace and in our community at the next Chamber Town Hall. Get facts about depression from medical experts, and hear about the Community Initiative on Depression (CID), a collaboration of area employers and stakeholders in the region's health care system. CID is composed of three component parts: employers and managers in the business community, employees and dependents, and physicians and health plans. YOU are an important part of CID! The speakers will be followed by a "health fair" of community mental health agencies and resources.
SPEAKERS:
Tom Bowser, CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Bill Bruning, President, Mid-America Coalition on Health Care
Stuart Munro, MD, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, UMKC School of Medicine
Collier W. Case, Corporate Bene.ts Manager, Sprint Corporation
